42 DAY CAMP TRIP.

Ahhhhh, the classic Eiseman 42 Day Grand Canyon camping trip via the Colorado River. 42 days!!! Floating down the river is my favorite way to enjoy landscape, water & friends. So relaxing, so peaceful. The river knows. Often if I call my family on weekends they are all on boats—except me! Not fair. This summer [...]

AMERICAN TOYS.

Early American toys that is. Kids just wanna have fun on the prairie. via Homestead Toys

Watch it : Nat’l Films of Canada, 3 Shorts

I have taken a nose dive into the National Film Board of Canada archives. What an incredible offer; view thousands of films free of charge. Unsure where to start I selected from the drop down menu 1960s–1970s, my favorite decade for Canada film apparently. via Toys&Techniques who thankfully led me to this trove of moving [...]

ANASAZI LOOM HOLES.

Haunting. The loom that once was. Photographs by Tad Nichols in Glen Canyon Utah 1958.via Northern Arizona University – Cline Library

NAVAJO LOOMS.

Women, weaving, the 1970s — with the backdrop of beauty, Monument Valley Utah. Highly stylized photography and captions by Josef Muench.1. Navajo Indian Rug. Woven on a crude loom from sheep that the Navajo woman probably sheared herself, this fine rug has a corn design and its brilliant colors and fine texture will last for [...]